Foraging in June can be really variable weather-wise, one day it’s hot and humid and the next day it’s damp and miserable. The summer solstice is towards the end of the month when the sun reaches its highest point, it’s an important time in the foraging calendar. So what can…
Tag: elderflower
This Elderflower Eton Mess Recipe is a fantastic way to utilise the summers Elderflowers, and once they’ve dropped out of season, if you’ve made up some elderflower cordial or elderflower syrup then you can use that in the recipe too 🙂 Ingredients for Elderflower Eton Mess Recipe (enough for 4)…
This Elderflower Syrup recipe is a brilliant way to use up a serious glut of Elderflowers whilst preserving the flavour in a concentrated form for use throughout the entire year. This is probably the most common thing I make with Elderflowers because you can use it really easy way to…
A sweet and luxurious risotto that captures the best of the seasons Elderflower and some delicious early peas to create a delicious meal! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 6-8 heads of Elderflower (+ 1-2 additional heads to serve) Vegetable stock 1 onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 250g Arborio…
Elder / Summer / Autumn / Edible Elder and Elder flowers are one of the most well-known wild flavours in the UK and they can be found in abundance throughout the hedgerows. Botanical Name Sambucus Nigra Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Dipsacales Family – Adoxaceae Physical Characteristics Elder is…